The Light of the Holy Qur'an — Page 131
T H e J O u r NA l—F AT e H M A S IH T H e J O u r NA l—F AT e H M A S IH 131 Meaning that, they loved the calf so much that it seemed as if they were made to drink the calf like an elixir. The fact is that when someone is in the utmost love with another, it is as if he has imbibed or assimilated the beloved and thereby he takes on the qualities and character of the beloved. The greater the love, the greater is the natural attraction to the qualities of the beloved, so much so that he becomes the mirror image of his beloved. This is the explanation why the one who loves God, obtains, to the best of his potential, the Light innate in the Being of God. And those who love Satan, obtain the darkness that is innate in Satan. This being the essence of love, how can a true scripture that is from God permit that you may love Satan with the same love that you ought to have for God, and to love the disciples of Satan with the same love that you ought to have for the disciples of Ra h m a n [the Gracious]! Sadly, while at first we had only one argument to prove the falsehood of the Gospel — namely, that it bestows Divinity upon a humble handful of dust— now, these other arguments have arisen too; that is, the other teachings of the Gospel are also repugnant. Can it be a holy teaching that one should love Satan in the same way as one loves God? And if an excuse is offered that these words were mistakenly uttered by Yas u ‘ [ Jesus] as he was igno- rant of theology , such an excuse would be useless and absurd, for if he was indeed ignorant to such a degree then why did he claim to be the reformer for his people? Was he a child that he did not even know that love necessarily requires one to cherish all the features and attributes and adorations of his beloved, and that one should, with all his heart and soul, strive to become lost